As I write this, my head is still in a whirl from attending
the Romance Writers of America convention last week in Anaheim. Since I live 20
minutes away, I commuted from home, but it still felt like another world.
It was wonderful greeting readers at the Literacy Signing on
Wednesday night. I value the people who read my books! Also, thanks to
Harlequin for donating copies of The Baby Dilemma. Over the years, RWA
has raised something like three-quarters of a million dollars to promote
literacy. That’s an important cause.
The excitement also included seeing my editor, Kathleen
Scheibling, and catching up on changes at Harlequin, everything from revamped
covers for some lines (not American, though, at least for 2013), a writing contest,
and the launch of new all-digital imprints edited by Malle Vallik. It was fun
to see other editors I’ve worked with over the years, including Malle.
As always there were terrific workshops on a range of
subjects, from craft to research to self-promotion. Each person explores what interests and benefits her at this stage of
her writing career. Because I’m self-publishing some of my backlist, I attended
seminars on related topics. Some were presented by heavyweights in the
industry, including Mark Coker, founder of Smashwords.
Everywhere I turned, I touched bases with old acquaintances
and made new ones. Members of my RWA chapter, Orange County, were well
represented. I can’t begin to summarize everything and everyone. Just writing this is
energizing me all over again.
I need to calm down and get back to working on the latest book
in my Safe Harbor Medical miniseries!
6 comments:
Yes Jacqueline, calm down and get writing! I'm loving the Safe Harbor medical series!
The RWA is a fabulous convention. How wonderful to be able to live in Southern California. With so much to do in your backyard, I'm surprised you can stay indoors to write. Looking forward to your next book.
Thanks, Scarlet and Linda!
By the way, I just added an author page on Facebook: Jacqueline Diamond Author. If you click Like, you'll get my updates on your FB page. Even if you don't want that, I hope you'll visit!
Regretfully I couldn't attend this year. I will definitely be in Atlanta in 2013. I just linked to your FB page from mine. Love the Safe Harbor series!
Can't wait for your new book. The convantion looks fun, but it is so expensive I most likely will never go to one.
I've always wanted to go to the literacy signing, sadly I've never been able to make it. It sounds like everyone had a great time.
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